On pristine white paper, a male face confronts the viewer in strict frontal view, summoned entirely from thousands of tiny, deliberate graphite marks: short crosses, plus signs, and intersecting slashes. No outlines or traditional shading exist—presence arises solely through obsessive repetition and density variation.
The densest accumulation clusters at the center—cheeks, nose bridge, eyes, and brow—building near-opaque velvety black that implies facial structure and shadowed depth through sheer buildup of overlapping strokes. Toward the edges (forehead, jawline, hairline), marks thin and scatter: sparser crosses drift outward like fading echoes or drifting particles, softly dissolving into blank space without ever defining a hard boundary.
The result is a hypnotic, cloud-like apparition: a ghostly yet commanding human presence emerging from near-chaos, fragile at the periphery yet intensely concentrated at the core. The stark monochromatic palette and vast negative space amplify isolation, introspection, and quiet unease.
Notice how the ritualistic repetition of tiny x and + marks creates rhythmic texture—like woven energy or static hum—while the sharp density gradient pulls the eye inward to the shadowed face, then gently releases it along fading trails—balancing profound accumulation with atmospheric vanishing.
Part of the Force of Nature series, this graphite drawing channels raw, meditative labor to evoke the human spirit as emergent force: not realistic likeness but primal presence conjured from minimal, relentless marks—intensely alive, yet haunted by the edge of erasure.
How does this cross-hatched specter—dense and confrontational at the center, dissolving into silence at the edges—stir your sense of inner intensity, fragile identity, or the poetry of a face built stroke by obsessive stroke from nothing?
Technical notes.
Unique drawing, graphite on paper. Unframed dimensions: 14” high x 11” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2016. Frame not included.
On pristine white paper, a male face confronts the viewer in strict frontal view, summoned entirely from thousands of tiny, deliberate graphite marks: short crosses, plus signs, and intersecting slashes. No outlines or traditional shading exist—presence arises solely through obsessive repetition and density variation.
The densest accumulation clusters at the center—cheeks, nose bridge, eyes, and brow—building near-opaque velvety black that implies facial structure and shadowed depth through sheer buildup of overlapping strokes. Toward the edges (forehead, jawline, hairline), marks thin and scatter: sparser crosses drift outward like fading echoes or drifting particles, softly dissolving into blank space without ever defining a hard boundary.
The result is a hypnotic, cloud-like apparition: a ghostly yet commanding human presence emerging from near-chaos, fragile at the periphery yet intensely concentrated at the core. The stark monochromatic palette and vast negative space amplify isolation, introspection, and quiet unease.
Notice how the ritualistic repetition of tiny x and + marks creates rhythmic texture—like woven energy or static hum—while the sharp density gradient pulls the eye inward to the shadowed face, then gently releases it along fading trails—balancing profound accumulation with atmospheric vanishing.
Part of the Force of Nature series, this graphite drawing channels raw, meditative labor to evoke the human spirit as emergent force: not realistic likeness but primal presence conjured from minimal, relentless marks—intensely alive, yet haunted by the edge of erasure.
How does this cross-hatched specter—dense and confrontational at the center, dissolving into silence at the edges—stir your sense of inner intensity, fragile identity, or the poetry of a face built stroke by obsessive stroke from nothing?
Technical notes.
Unique drawing, graphite on paper. Unframed dimensions: 14” high x 11” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2016. Frame not included.
